BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.2//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:167@pleasethepalate.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150127T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150127T163000 DTSTAMP:20150207T045508Z URL:https://pleasethepalate.com/events/trade-only-slow-wine-guide-los-ange les/ SUMMARY:TRADE ONLY: Slow Wine Guide Los Angeles DESCRIPTION:\n\nSlow Food International presents the 2015 edition of Slow W ine Guide at a wine tasting for the wine trade and press\, featuring more than 50 producers from 15 Italian wine regions.\n\nSlow Wine Guide critiqu es wine through the perspective of the Slow Food philosophy giving promine nce to small-scale winemakers who are using traditional techniques\, worki ng with respect for the environment and terroir\, and safeguarding the inc redible biodiversity of grape varieties that are part of Italy’s heritag e. Slow Wine is the only Italian wine guide that visits all of the winemak ers included in the guide\, in their vineyards.\n\nThe Slow Wine Guide 201 5 English version is a selection of more than 300 of the best wineries.  The large majority of the wineries recognized with the Snail or the Slow W ine symbol are certified organic and biodynamic.  The guide uses three sy mbols to evaluate each winery:\n\n\n\n\nTHE SNAIL\, the Slow Food symbol\ , signals a cellar that has distinguished itself through its interpretatio n of sensorial\, territorial\, environmental and personal values in harmon y with the Slow Food philosophy\n\n\n\nTHE BOTTLE\, allocated to cellars that show a consistently high quality throughout their range of wines\n\n\ n\nTHE COIN\, an indicator of great value\n\n\n\nJoin us to preview this innovative guide\, discover new wines\, and meet the people behind 50+ sel ect Italian producers who represent the Slow Wine values.\nThis event is o pen to industry trade and press only\; business cards and corresponding cr edentials will be required to enter. We reserve the right to deny admissio n.\n\nEvent Testimonials:\n\nThanks for inviting us to a fantastic wine ta sting. I do love Italian wines and this was fabulous. Please keep us in th e loop for future events. Once again\, thanks!\nDavid Schlesinger\, BevMo\ n\nGreat event yesterday — the big Italian tastings always seem to have the best wines balanced out by the poorest organization of the event itsel f. That was not the case yesterday!! Cheers-\nDan Fredman\, PR &\; Mark eting to the thirsty...\n\n"The venue was excellent and the service qualit y made it one of the best events for a long time. Thank you\," George Skor ka\nCheck out photos from the event: [miniflickr photoset_id=721576482046 07933&\;sortby=date-posted-asc&\;per_page=21] LOCATION:The Taglyan Complex\, 1201 Vine Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90038\ , United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1201 Vine Street\, Los Ange les\, CA\, 90038\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Taglyan Co mplex:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20141102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR